One Piece: Haki at the Pinnacle
Chapter 777

A Man's Romance

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With no conflict of interest, the Straw Hat Pirates and the Shandia Tribe have joined forces in Upper Yard. Wyper and the others will help the Straw Hat Pirates find the gold and then send them away from there.

However, the gold in the Upper Yard ruins had long been taken away by Vic. Even if Robin, the archaeologist, found the true ruins of the City of Gold, it wouldn't matter, because there was no gold left inside.

Standing in the ruins, Robin and the others could see that the City of Gold described in the biography of Noland the Liar was real, only that the gold inside had been taken away by someone beforehand.

However, Robin and Nami, with their amazing wisdom, combined the legends that Gan Fall and Wyper had heard, as well as the records in Noland the Liar's biography, and deduced the approximate whereabouts of the Golden Bell.

If there is still gold in these ruins, it must be the Golden Bell that rang out when the land of Upper Yard was first washed up by the Knock Up Stream, but whose whereabouts are now unknown.

By combining the map with the actual object, Robin and Nami deduced the original location of the Golden Bell, which was the skull's right eye. However, now a giant bean vine stands there, as if the bean vine had pierced through the skull's right eye.

The subsequent speculation is much simpler. It's highly likely that the Golden Bell was blown away by this giant bean vine when Upper Yard first arrived at the Sky Island. It's just too much of a coincidence that the giant bean vine happened to pierce Upper Yard's right eye and fix this piece of land in place.

The location of the right eye is precisely where the City of Gold is situated, and the Golden Bell is the most sacred object in the City of Gold. So much so that the gods of Angel Island searched for four hundred years but could not find the sacred object that could produce such beautiful bell sounds. As a result, many gaps appeared in history, and the Golden Bell only exists in history and legends. Whether it ever existed is now a question!

Nami and Robin deduced the whereabouts of the Golden Bell, making the rest much simpler: just search the floating Island Cloud around the giant bean vine.

There are many Island Cloud around the giant bean vine, some large, some small, some thick, some thin. These are all caused by the impact when Upper Yard flew up, which smashed the originally large Island Cloud into pieces.

"Ah! Some idiot actually found it!"

"Why should I, Sister Robin?!"

"Hey! You guys, if you take things more seriously from now on, you'll reap a lot of rewards!"

" Luffy! What are you saying? Everyone else is exhausted like dogs, and you're acting like you're on a picnic!"

" Usopp! Sanji! Beat him! Beat him hard! You won't eat until you've turned him into a pig's head!"

In the end, Luffy who found the Golden Bell. Everyone else was seriously looking for the Golden Bell, but he wanted to climb to a high place and look into the distance. Then, at the top of the Bean Sprout, he saw the huge Golden Bell on a small patch of Island Cloud not far away.

Everyone else was furious. Why was it that everyone else had searched so hard and couldn't find it, while someone who had nothing to do found it first? It was simply unfair. But what could they do about it? How many truly fair things were there in this world?

Nami was furious and made a few sarcastic remarks. After Luffy's foul talk, she gathered her men and gave him a good Luffy. Sanji and Usopp were also unhappy that Luffy was all Luffy and no action, so they beat him up with extra effort. In less than two minutes, Luffy was turned into a pig's head!

The discovery of the Golden Bell brought everyone great joy, but this was only the first step; the next step was to figure out how to get the Golden Bell down.

The Golden Bell is quite large and heavy, not something they can easily remove. One wrong move and it could fall directly into the Golden Bell Blue Sea below Sky Island, making their entire effort pointless. This is something Nami absolutely cannot allow. If they can't even get a piece of such a huge lump of gold, then their trip to Sky Island would have been for nothing.

Finally, everyone brainstormed and came up with a solution: to use the giant bean vines.

The Golden Bell was tied to the upper middle part of the giant bean vine with several strong vines. Then, the angle was calculated and the giant bean vine was cut down. Using the huge inertia generated when the giant bean vine fell, the Golden Bell was pulled down from the Island Cloud in one fell swoop!

The plan is quite feasible, and everyone is working hard on it. Only Luffy, with his pig face, is looking around and taking pictures at the Golden Bell, seemingly doing nothing, which annoys Nami again!

However, considering that Luffy for help might actually make things worse, she abandoned the idea. Let him play if he wants to, as long as he doesn't interfere with other people's work.

With all preparations complete, all that remained was the final task of cutting down the giant bean vine. Nami assigned this task to Zoro and Wyper, one wielding a sword and the other Reject Dial. Working together, the giant bean vine fell in the predetermined direction.

However, Luffy was still having a great time on the Golden Bell, and no one else was paying attention to him. Everyone was waiting for the final step in Upper Yard below.

The giant bean vine fell, and the vine connecting the giant bean vine and the Golden Bell was quickly straightened. A tremendous force acted on the Golden Bell, and the Golden Bell instantly detached from the Island Cloud and flew downwards, with a loud clanging sound that could not be heard incessantly.

The Golden Bell flew out so fast that Luffy didn't even have time to react before being carried away by the enormous inertia. However, Luffy wasn't scared at all; he just held onto his straw Straw Hat and laughed heartily.

At this Luffy was unaware that the enormous sound of the Golden Bell had already reached the Blue Sea below, and even his huge shadow, supporting his Straw Hat, was projected onto the clouds by the sunlight.

Cricket on Jaya was drawn to the melodious sound of the bells. He looked up and saw the distinctive, enormous shadow in the clouds!

Upon seeing the shadow and hearing the bell, Cricket's face lit up with a bright smile, but his eyes were filled with tears! Because the Straw Hat Boy had confirmed his ancestor Noland's premonition before his execution: the City of Gold had indeed flown to the heavens, and his ancestor Noland was not a fraud!

Rebecca, who was on Jaya, was also drawn by the sound of the bell. When she saw the huge shadow, she knew that the person she was looking for had gone to heaven. She had always kept the bounty on her hands since she was in Straw Hat Boy's possession. As soon as she saw the shadow, she understood everything!

As for Sky Island, although she had never been there, she knew of Sky Island existence. No pirate in the New World would question Sky Island existence; only weak pirates who lacked the ability to go there in the first half of the story or thought that islands in the sky were a fantasy would question Sky Island existence!

Knowing that the Straw Hat Boy were alive, Rebecca was finally relieved. As long as they were still alive, they would definitely return to the lower realms, and then she could gather information about them and find them. Rebecca then left Jaya to find a place to train.

Because there was ample time and the plan was perfect, an Island Cloud cushioned the Golden Bell's fall to Upper Yard, so the Golden Bell landed Upper Yard without any damage to the golden pillar.

Nami's plan to take some gold with her fell through, leaving her very disappointed. She then found Luffy, who had Luffy back unharmed thanks to his Gum-Gum Fruit powers, and gave him a good beating.

Robin, meanwhile, was studying the Poneglyph embedded in the base of the Golden Bell with great interest. However, the contents of the Poneglyph disappointed her greatly, as it contained information about Ancient Weapon. But seeing the message left by the Pirate King Roger on the golden bell restored Robin's confidence.

The enemies have been defeated, and the Golden Bell has been retrieved; naturally, it's time for a banquet.

Since it was a banquet, dancing was a must, accompanied by the music of the Golden Bell. The continuous chimes attracted the Sky Lord from the depths of Upper Yard. The unique sound of the bell was the celestial music it had bathed in as a child. After four hundred years, it finally heard it again, which brought tears to its eyes!

The arrival of the Sky Lord startled everyone at the banquet, but they were relieved to see that Sky Lord was only interested in the sound of the bell and had no ill intentions towards the others.

The banquet continued, and after a moment of sadness and reminiscence, the Sky Lord recovered and joined in the dancing!

The banquet lasted until well past midnight, and most people had fallen asleep drunk, leaving Upper Yard quiet again.

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